Fishing device



March 25 1940 w. BlDDlNGl-:R 2,195,356

` FISHING DEVICE Filed Nov. 21, Issa Patented Mar. 2.6, 1940 n* PATENT, OFFISC El.,

, FISHING DEVICE .y Eawaraw. Biedingen Pneumatica'. Application November 21, 1938, Serial o.\2l1,685 -f i claim. (cris-217ii r l l This invention relates to fishing4 devices and more particularly to a device'adapted for use in fishing through a hole cut in the ice.

An object of this invention is to provide a fishing device of this kind which is so constructed that it can be readily collapsed into a small space so as to facilitate the carrying or vpacking thereof. v

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which will prevent the trigger line from freezingl inthe ice.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which includes a reel adapted to be submerged below the ice and the reel is held against rotationby a trigger means To the foregoing objects and to otherswhichA may hereinafter appear, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts as will bepmore specifically referred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be Iresorted to whichvfall within the scope of the invention as claimed. f

In the drawing: l

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation partly broken away of a shing device constructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is detail side elevation partly broken away and in section of the device illustrating the signal carrier in full lines for holding the signal in non-signalling position, the carrier in dotted lines extended for holding the signal in signalling position, the carrier in dotted lines when folded, and the supporting member in dotted lines when folded, and

FigureS is a fragmentary sectional View takenv on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I0 designates an elongated relatively rigid rod which is substantially rectangular in transverse section and is providedv at one end thereof with a twisted portionl II. This twisted portion II is adapted to be submerged in the water. n, A cross bar or supporting member I2 is secured at substantially the longitudinal center thereof to the rod Ill at a point at one side of the longitudinal center of the rod ID by means of a rivet or pivotal mem- .l ber I3. The rivet I3 frictionally holds the bar I2 in the desired position.

to the rod I 0 as shown in Figure 1.

"which the cord 22 is adapted to engage.

`they rod I0.

In operative position the bar I2 will be positioned at right angles A reel I4v ispivotallymountedfon a bolt or pivotal member lIE5 secured as by nuts I6 to the lower end portion II of the rod I0. -The reel I4 is adapted to have a fish line L wound thereabout and a handle in the form of a sleeve Il mounted on a bolt I8 lis carried bythe outer side member I9 ofthe reel I4. The inner side member 2l) of the reel I4 is provided with a tangentially disposed slot 2| in which the lower end of a trigger cord 22 is adapted to'engage. The cord 22 is provided with a knot `23 at its free or lower end which is adapted to engage at one side of the end member 20 of the'reel I4 with the cordV 22 extending throughthe notch 2| as shown in Figure 2.

The opposite or upper lend -of they cord 22 is secured to the free -endof a flat spring 24 which is secured to the upper end of the rod I0 by means of a rivet or' pivotalmember 25. The attached end of the spring 24.is secured tothe side of the rod III opposite from the side to which the bar I2 is secured. .In a 'collapsedfposition-the spring 24 -is adapted to bedisposed with one `face thereof in abutting relation tothe adjacent face of the rod I0 as shown Aby the. dotted lines 24a.

The spring 24 at its upper or free end is. provided with a U-shaped clip 261m the bight of A signal member 21v in the form of a flag formed of cloth or the like isladapted to ybe gripped between the parallel legs 28of the clip 26 and preferably the clip `26 is provided `with one or more detents 29 adjacent the ends of the free legs so as to iirmly hold the ag 2'Iand the cord 22 Within the sidesof the clip.

In the useof the device the line L is adapted to have a ho'ok and bait secured thereto and after a hole has beencut through the ice, the

cross bar I2 isdisposed in the position shown in Figure 1 wherein this bar is atright angles to The reel I4 carrying the line L is then projected through/the holeA in the ice and the trigger line 22 has lthe knot 23 thereof yen gaged in the notch 2l of the reel I4. The spring `;nal'rnember 27 will assume the position shown by the dotted lines ,24by and Zlhin Figure 2.

Tnis device can be manufactured out of metal 'which will not corrode under the action of the 'water andthe reel I4 may bemade out of metal of a character such that the metalwill not -corrode under the action of the Water. Due to the fact that the entire reel structure I4 is submerged in the Water, the reel Will at al1 times be free to rotate undery the pulling action of a shso that when the reel has been released under the rotation thereof in a clockwise direction by the trigger line 22, the entire line L may be un-V wound from the reel and in the event the Water about the hole inthe ice has not frozen, the release of the trigger cord 22 will permit the signal supporting the reel in lateral relation relative to one side face of said inner portion and at right angles to the remaining part of said rod, a resilient carrier inthe form of a pivoted flat spring having outer and inner terminal parts, said inner part being revolubly and frictionally connected against one side face `of the said outer terminal portion, a flexible combined pulling and latching member having an outer terminal portion positioned against an edge of the outer terminal part of the carrier, said member at its inner end and said reel at one side having coacting interengaging means for releasably connecting the said inner end of said member to the said side of the reel, a signal having a terminal portion positioned against a side face of the said outer terminal part of the carrier, and means engaging throughout respectively the outer terminal portion of said member and the said terminalportion `of the signal for frictionally connecting them to the said 20 other terminal part of the carrier.

` EDWARD W. BIDDINGER 

